More than 200,000 New Zealanders live in homes that lack basic amenities, new report finds
A leaky water cylinder created a “huge mouldy hole” in the floor of the family-owned home, reducing the shower to a trickle. “It was just wear and tear over the years. It started to leak ... It got worse and worse and worse. We ended up getting so used to it that we chucked a big huge bucket under it. Our kids even got used to emptying that bucket.” Godinet-Sameulu’s husband is a builder and replaced rotten floorboards beneath the shower, but the family couldn’t afford to make more substantive repairs at the house. “It was a lack of knowledge ... and resources,” she said.
Source: stuff.co.nz